Kamghe Gaba (born 13 January 1984 in

Friedberg (Hessen) Friedberg (; official name: ''Friedberg (Hessen)'') is a town and the capital of the Wetteraukreis district, in Hesse, Germany. In 1966, the town hosted the sixth ''Hessentag'' state festival, in 1979 the 19th. Geographical location Friedberg is l ...

) is a German sprinter who specialises in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. He represents LG Eintracht Frankfurt. As a teenager he competed in

combined events Combined track and field events are competitions in which athletes participate in a number of track and field events, earning points for their performance in each event, which adds to a total points score. Outdoors, the most common combined events ...

, finishing fifth in the octathlon at the 2001 World Youth Championships in

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. In 2006 he ran in a personal best of 45.47 seconds as he became German champion for the first time. He has a German mother and a

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ian father.

Achievements

Personal bests

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 20.88 s (2008) *

– 45.47 s (2006)

References

* 1984 births Living people People from Friedberg, Hesse Athletes from Darmstadt (region) German male sprinters German national athletics champions Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany German people of Chadian descent Eintracht Frankfurt athletes European Athletics Championships medalists 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub